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R. c. RUSSELL INDEX Filed sept. 2e. 1921 2 sheets-sheet z JUDGMENT Dumm DAN'T DEFEN PLAI NTI FF others skilled in the art Patented dan. 22, i192@u ROBERT C. RUSSELL, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application led September 26, 1921.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, ROBERT C. RUSSELL, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Indexes; and I do hereby declare the following t0 be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable t'o which it appertains to make and use the same.

his invention relates to improvements in indexes and has particular reference to those indexes which are adaptable for use in the indexing of public records, such as those which relate to transactions in connection with real estate or other property, or records of judgments, etc.

@ne object of my present invention is to provide an index which shall reduce to a minimum the time and labor of the Searcher for a particular name, regardless of the fact that the name being searched mayi be spelled in two or more diderent wa s.

'further object is to provide an index of the character specified which shall be Ilexible, and which shall include an element having such arrangement of sur-name key letter designations and given name designations that, when considered together shall be so indicated by numerals on said element as to enable the Searcher yquickly and accurately to locate the place in the record where transactions under the -particular name being searched are entere With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings; 1 is a view of a table or element associated with groups or section to be so of leaves of a record constitutingv the bodyl of the index, and Figure 2 is a view illustrating one of the pages of the index.

In the drawlng I have illustrated and will hereinafter describe the application of my invention to a judgment docket but it will be understood that my improvements are applicable for indexing deeds of transfer of property and other public records.

A table or element 1 is placed inV and forms an.essential part of the index,-said Figure l serial No. 503,287.y

table kor element being preferably placed at the front of the index.

The index is divided into a plurality of sections each having a designating number, and each section comprises a plurality of pages which are numbered consecutively and the section number appears on each page of a section. For example, Figure 2 of the drawing shows page l of section 915, and the page here represented is from an index book in which sur-names having the initial letter S and given names having the initial letter I or I rIhe index as a whole may be subdivided as the size of theindex in a given case may require and for the initial letters which most frequently occur in names, several books for each such initial letter may be provided, and each book made to contain certain Iselected given names.

The pa e shown in Figure 2 (which is page l o? a sectionof pages) is divided by a horizontal line 2 and vertical lines 3 to form a plurality of short vertical columns 4, at the upper portion of the page, for a purpose which will be hereinafter explained. The pages of the index are arranged to receive the names of persons interested in transactions and data relating thereto. rIhe page represented in Figure 2 of the drawing is designated to receive the naines of defendants and plantiHs and various data relating to judgments to which they were parties.

The table or element shown in Figure l of the drawings, embodies a block of vertical columns o to t designated at the tops by letters representing given name initial letters. In the table or element shown, the vertical columns c to 7' are designated at the tops by the letters A to H inclusive, the column c by the letters I J the column Zby the letters K L, the column m by the letter M, the column n by the letters N 0; the column o by the letters P Q, the column p by the letter R the column g by the letter S, the column 7 by the letters T U V, the column .s by the letters W X Y Z and the column by the letters Corp etc.

Over the row of given name initial letters, the designation Given name initials and section numbers a pears.

. The table 1 is provi ed at one side with` -a vertical column u designated at its top ters are located, and at the bottom of said column u, the abbreviation Misc appears.

.are given ln order that the index may be subdivided and the search for particular names shortened, combinations of each of the key letters are provided. Thus, below the key letter 11, the key letters M, N, R, T, are combined therewith, and in a similar manner, each of the key letters has combined therewith, the other key letters.

Names will be indexed according to the key letters first occurring after the initial letter of the name and the index entry will be made in a book or set of cards devoted to names beginning with the initial letter of the name. Where a name contains, two or more key letters, it will be indexed according to the two key letters irst occurring after the sur-name initial. Thus, the name Snialh would be indexed, according to the key letter combination or subdivision M L, while the name Sims would be indexed according to the key let-ter M The several given name designations in the horizontal row near the to-p of the table numerical equivalents beginning with 1, and in the illustration in Figure 1 of the drawing, these numerical equivalents extend from 1 to 18, the latter being the numerical equivalent of the designation Corps etc.

The key letters L, M, N, 1t, T, are also given numerical equivalents 1, 2, 3, 4, 5y respectively and the numerical equivalent of Misc is 6. The combination of key letters are also given numerical equivalents which contain figures representing the numerical equivalents of the two key letters which may be combined. The numbers in the blocks of the table or element 1 refer to sections in the index Yand each of said numbers a combination of the numerical equivalent of a given name'and a key letter or key letters numerical equivalent.

The arrangement of the numerical equivaents may conveniently be computed as fol- OWS:-

The numerical equivalents of the given name initial may be considered as units (A z 1, B 2, etc.). The key letters may then be considered as having numerical equivalents as ollows:viz .1,

.2, N I .3, R I .4,'13 I .5, M150. .6,-or L .10, M .20, etc. ln placing any one of the key letters in a secondary meenam position, its numerical equivalent becomes one-tenth of its former numerical equivalent. Thus L, (in a secondary position) equals .01, M (secondary) I .02, etc. Therefore L M :.10-\-.02::.12 or combined with the numerical equivalent of the given name initial A, the result would be 1. 12. On the table or element 1, however, we would represent this as 112, omitting the decimal point, and so also with respect to the various section numbers on the table.

To locate a name in the index, the Searcher will associate the numerical equivalent of a given name initial with the numerical equivalent of a key letter or combination of key letters and the associated numerals will represent the number of the page on which the name being searched ma be found. For example, if the name J. H. helton is being searched, the searcher, finding that the name contains two key letters,- Z and 25,-and that the given name initial is .l, he will find that the number in the vertical column c in horizontal alignment with the key letters L T is 915, and this number indicates the section in the index in which the name may be found, as indicated in Figure 2 of the drawing.

lt frequently happens that the record being indexed contains many transactions by parties of certain names (although sometimes they may be dierent spelled) and it is desirable that these names be brought together in a separate section of the index where they will be entered along with data relating thereto. ln such cases, the names and the numbers of the separate sections in which the names are indexed will be entered in one or another of the columns d near the top of an index page For example, if the name John Slater is being searched, the Searcher will locate the number of the section on the table as 915, the same as when searching the name d1 H. Shelton, but upon reference to this section, he will find that the name Slater is indexed in separate section 2010 of the index.

Having fully described my invention what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An index comprising a series of sections each section comprising a plurality of consecutively numbered pages, the pages in any one section bearing the same section number which is dierent from any other section number, and said pages designated to contain sur-names and other data, and an element having a series of given-name initial letters having numerical equivalents, said element also having thereon a series of sur-name key letters Z, m, n, r, t and combinations of each of said key letters with each of the others, each of said key; lettersI having a numerical equivalent and the combined key letters having com ed numerical eqnivamemes lents, the association of the given-name numerical equivalents with the numerical equivalents of the key letters or combinations of key letters forming numbers on said element representing numbers of sections Where i names being searched may be found.

2. An index comprising a series of sections each section comprising a plurality of consecutively numbered pages, the pages in any one section bearing the same section number which is different from any other section number, and saidipages designated to contain sur-names and other data, and an element having a series of given-name initial letters having numerical equivalents, said element also having thereon a series of sur-name key letters Z, m, n, r, t and combinations of each of said key letters with each of the others, each of said key letters having a numerical equivalent and the combined key letters having combined numerical equiva lents, the association of the given-name numerical equivalents with the numerical equivalents of the key letters or combinations of key letters forming numbers on said element representing numbers of sections Where names bein searched may be found, the first page of eac quently occurring names and section n'umsection of pages being divided and a portion designated to receive fre' cal equivalents and a series of 'sur-name key letters Z m n r t, and combinations of each of said key letters with the others, each of said key letters having a certain numerical equivalent When ,used alone, and each key letter having a numerical equivalent equal to a decimal part of its original equivalent, when associated in a secondary position With another key letter, the association of the given name numerical equivalents with the numerical equivalents of the key letters and combinations of key letters forming numbers on said element representing numbers of sections where names being searched may be found.

In testimony whereof, l have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribn ing witnesses.

Bonner o. RUssELL. 

